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null_user01013: Nov 13, 2000; Drink up comrades

A meme contest? Whatever!

Thanks to the awesome guys at GOG, I've setup a real contest

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3351257

They even gave us 10 free game tokens to give away as prizes, check it out!

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:44

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 06:04

A Fancy 400 lbs: Jul 24, 2008

Ansob. posted:

A chap who joined GOG.com 743 days ago here, 74X smugface club 4 lyfe.

Also, cool article from Destructoid showing that GOG really does have a good sense of humor sometimes.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:45

ChrisAsmadi: Apr 19, 2007; :D

FearOfABlackKnob posted:

gently caress yeah! Now we can stop the dumb dick waving white noise posting and speculate on what games will be out.

I think its IWD 1/2, Planescape, BG 2 and... TOEE? Did Hasbro have that?

Could be some old Gold Box games, or some of the other old Forgotten Realms games (Eye of the Beholder Trilogy, maybe).

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:47

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

mechwarrior 3

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:48

9-Volt Assault: Jan 27, 2007; Beter twee tetten in de hand dan tien op de vlucht.

Ansob. posted:

A chap who joined GOG.com 743 days ago here, 74X smugface club 4 lyfe.

746 days here. :smug:

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:54

doctorfrog: Mar 14, 2007; Great.

Another 743er "chap" right here.

And I wrote a winning review early on and got a free game out of it as well.

GOGSmug

# ? Sep 24, 2010 20:56

Technogeek: Sep 9, 2002; by FactsAreUseless

leebenningfield posted:

Well, they opened their site to the public on Oct. 28, 2008, which was 709 or 710 days ago. Some people got in early, as they were sending out early access keys throughout September to people who had signed up.

I'm sitting on 744 days.

~~So far I seem to be winning at 745 days.~~

drat you, Charlie Mopps! :bahgawd:

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:00

FearOfABlackKnob: Nov 5, 2008; by Ozma

No one really wins.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:04

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:

FearOfABlackKnob posted:

No one really wins.

Oh, lighten up.

http://www.gr0g.com/en/frontpage

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:09

FearOfABlackKnob: Nov 5, 2008; by Ozma

No one lightens up either. No one ever does.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:15

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:

FearOfABlackKnob posted:

No one lightens up either. No one ever does.

We can pretend. We can pretend. :smith:

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:17

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

ZeeBoi posted:

731 as well.

And this just showed up in my email.

FearOfABlackKnob posted:

gently caress yeah! Now we can stop the dumb dick waving white noise posting and speculate on what games will be out.

I think its IWD 1/2, Planescape, BG 2 and... TOEE? Did Hasbro have that?

Probably not.

If I had to guess I'd say the last two are probably Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2. I love how the loading screens in BG2 tell you to save your character because you'd be able to import them into Neverwinter Nights. Makes me wonder what Bioware's original plans for that game were.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:32

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

RandolphCarter posted:

709 days and I joined because of Redneck Rampage. I am not ashamed of that.

477 days here and joined aswell because of Redneck Rampage :hfive:

after that one a good bunch of games came and dont regret it \o/

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:43

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Lamacq posted:

A dude who joined GOG.com 649 days ago

A pirate who joined GOG.com 654 days ago :smug:

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:48

Alchenar: Apr 9, 2008

Skwirl posted:

If I had to guess I'd say the last two are probably Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2. I love how the loading screens in BG2 tell you to save your character because you'd be able to import them into Neverwinter Nights. Makes me wonder what Bioware's original plans for that game were.

I assume that it would've just been Throne of Bhaal but set in Neverwinter.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 21:54

battlepigeon: Aug 3, 2008

746 days

Giants: citizen kabuto on its way down. I really missed that game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sh_VuxYqBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNk2rDEAbTw

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:01

Insert name here: Nov 10, 2009; Oh.
Oh Dear.

"Insertnamehere
A user who joined GOG.com today"
:v:

Is Freespace 1 any good? I've only ever played Freespace 2 before.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:08

Hemish: Jan 25, 2005

FearOfABlackKnob posted:

gently caress yeah! Now we can stop the dumb dick waving white noise posting and speculate on what games will be out.

I think its IWD 1/2, Planescape, BG 2 and... TOEE? Did Hasbro have that?

All those games rights are held by Hasbro?!

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:08

Snuffman: May 21, 2004

Hemish posted:

All those games rights are held by Hasbro?!

Hasbro owns the DnD brand.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:09

odiv: Jan 12, 2003

Insert name here posted:

Is Freespace 1 any good? I've only ever played Freespace 2 before.

Do you like routine patrol missions, becau... OH MY GOD IT'S THE WHOLE ALIEN ARMADA!

I got it because I'm a completionist with fond memories, but when I want to play FreeSpace I skip right to the sequel.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:19

Samopsa: Nov 9, 2009; Krijgt geen speciaal kerstdiner!

Freespace 1 is an utterly awesome game. There is only 1 fault: Freespace 2 is even better.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:23

wafflemoose: Apr 10, 2009

Are there any source ports for Blood? I'd like to try it out but I don't know if it will run well in DOSBox.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:25

JazzFlight: Apr 29, 2006; Oooooooooooh!

Samopsa posted:

Freespace 1 is an utterly awesome game. There is only 1 fault: Freespace 2 is even better.

Aside from joystick, how do these games control nowadays? Can you play with mouse and keyboard or is a gamepad like a 360 controller better?

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:26

Samopsa: Nov 9, 2009; Krijgt geen speciaal kerstdiner!

JazzFlight posted:

Aside from joystick, how do these games control nowadays? Can you play with mouse and keyboard or is a gamepad like a 360 controller better?

I always preferred mouse and keyboard, although when it first came out I played it with keyboard only. Gamepad might be problematic for all the advanced settings and such. Keyboard+mouse is fine.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:28

Gutcruncher: Apr 16, 2005; Go home and be a family man!

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Oh, lighten up.

http://www.gr0g.com/en/frontpage

I got all super confused when it told me I already own Monkey Island, then I noticed that this is in fact not gog.com.

Am I now keylogged or something

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:33

Kreeblah: May 17, 2004; INSERT QUACK TO CONTINUE; Taco Defender

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Oh, lighten up.

http://www.gr0g.com/en/frontpage

That's just mean. :smith:

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:35

Insert name here: Nov 10, 2009; Oh.
Oh Dear.

Samopsa posted:

Freespace 1 is an utterly awesome game. There is only 1 fault: Freespace 2 is even better.

Alright cool, looks like I'll be picking it up.

Just one more question though: How often do you get to fly the Herc? Herc Mk. 1 was my favourite ship in FS2 and I was sad you could hardly use it at all.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:35

Samopsa: Nov 9, 2009; Krijgt geen speciaal kerstdiner!

Insert name here posted:

Alright cool, looks like I'll be picking it up.

Just one more question though: How often do you get to fly the Herc? Herc Mk. 1 was my favourite ship in FS2 and I was sad you could hardly use it at all.

Pretty often, it was my to go ship on most later missions. It's a total beast in FS1. There is no comparable heavy fighter in FS1.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:37

Thing Fish: Dec 8, 2006; any downers?

So I just signed up on GOG so I could get Duke Nukem, and I already have a few games in my account that I never bought. Do a few come for free? Not sure what 2 of them are, but I have Beneath a Steel Sky, which seems to be a well reviewed game. Any goon opinions on it?

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:45

spiritual bypass: Feb 19, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Definitely play Beneath a Steel Sky if you like Lucasarts-style adventures. It's one of the best.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:49

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Thing Fish posted:

So I just signed up on GOG so I could get Duke Nukem, and I already have a few games in my account that I never bought. Do a few come for free? Not sure what 2 of them are, but I have Beneath a Steel Sky, which seems to be a well reviewed game. Any goon opinions on it?

Yeah, those 3 games you got are free. Earlier I think you had to "buy" them for zero bucks but I guess these days they're just automatically added to your shelf which makes sense.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 22:57

Lemon-Lime: Aug 6, 2009

Zat posted:

Yeah, those 3 games you got are free.

Wait, so what're the other two (that aren't Beneath a Steel Sky)?

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:03

JazzFlight: Apr 29, 2006; Oooooooooooh!

Ansob. posted:

Wait, so what're the other two (that aren't Beneath a Steel Sky)?

I think it's Teen Agent and Lure of the Temptress?

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:06

Nettle Soup: Jan 30, 2010; Oh, and Jones was there too.

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#all_genres/price/0/

If that doesn't work, go into games catalogue and sort by price > free.

Clicking "Download" doesn't actually download them, but it does add them to your shelf so you can grab them from there.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:07

Tecman: Sep 11, 2003; Loading the Universe...
Please Wait.; Pillbug

Ansob. posted:

Wait, so what're the other two (that aren't Beneath a Steel Sky)?

Teenagent - Point and click adventure game, you are Mark Hopper, the average teenager, who becomes an RGB agent and the agency's salvation. Your rewards will be girls, because every girl loves the secret agent, don't they? :downs:

Lure of the Temptress - From the creators of the Broken Sword series, the first in a series of 'Virtual Theater' adventure games. Trouble is afoot in the once peaceful land of Turnvale. Skori warriors have arrived. But who is the Temptress, and more importantly, where is she?

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:09

r2x: Jan 13, 2008; What did the teapot say to the chalk?

Nothing, you silly. Teapots can't talk.

Starhawk64 posted:

Are there any source ports for Blood? I'd like to try it out but I don't know if it will run well in DOSBox.

IIRC the blood source was never released.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:11

Lemon-Lime: Aug 6, 2009

Tecman posted:

Teenagent - Point and click adventure game, you are Mark Hopper, the average teenager, who becomes an RGB agent and the agency's salvation. Your rewards will be girls, because every girl loves the secret agent, don't they?

Lure of the Temptress - From the creators of the Broken Sword series, the first in a series of 'Virtual Theater' adventure games. Trouble is afoot in the once peaceful land of Turnvale. Skori warriors have arrived. But who is the Temptress, and more importantly, where is she?

Cool, thanks. I was wondering since Zat said they were added automatically and I only had BaSS.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:11

Matlock, BRB: Jun 23, 2004; by T. Finn

The gamers will get their revenge.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:17

Tecman: Sep 11, 2003; Loading the Universe...
Please Wait.; Pillbug

r2x posted:

IIRC the blood source was never released.

Yeah and it's a real pain in the butt. The various Blood communities have tried to contact people about it and at one point we had hope, plus we know who has the code so it's not like it's lost or anything, but until it gets green-lighted by the rights holders (aka, a guarantee he won't get sued to gently caress and back) his hands are tied.

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:17

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 06:04

Hardtarget: Mar 28, 2010; Rolls on Shabbos

God drat you people in the 740s

Only 735 days for me

# ? Sep 24, 2010 23:42

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